Not as big a surprise as Vol. 9, but another book in this series is a good thing. Looking forward to it!

@Lex said in Hell Mode Vol. 10 Discussion!:

Also, while I feel sorry for Pelomas, I'd love if Allen finds a way to not have a Holy Orb wasted on a girl that is clearly not interested in him.

She is into heroes and badasses. Pelomas has been training like crazy with the rest of Allen's army and getting involved in their heroic stuff. If he is able to turn his kidnapping into a daring escape that helps the NLG foil the latest demonic plot, her opinion of him may well change radically.

@rkkn said in The Goddess Says, "Kill the Tsundere Witch!" Vol. 1 Discussion:

Evil Elyena was unexpected. I wonder what her endgame is. Is she an "ends justify the means" type, or is she gonna be the big bad?

Yeah, we know her current goal is to overturn the current world order by killing the "goddess" but we don't yet know what she's planning to do afterwards if she succeeds.

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@pcj said in This Gyaru’s Got a Thing for...Vampire Hunters?! Vol. 1 Discussion!:

The way that ended felt like it could be a standard one-shot with an open ending, but the title says Volume 1 in it, does that mean there are more?

I guess this answers that question.

@TheWickerMan Got it. Thanks. I missed the word "remaining", it seems. I interpreted that as: the three plus one who were doing their own thing referred to Hanakawa's group of three plus Tachibana. I guess instead it was referring to Hanakawa (the one) plus this otherwise unnamed group of three.

Thanks. That clears things up.

<picture of little middle sister leaning over and big brother little sister holding a large fish>

That insert was a bit more mindbending than I had anticipated. I'm not sure if we've ever had an image of Kizuna and one of the sisters together before. I have to say, Kizuna is really short.

Poor Eliza. :(
Why do I get the sense this is about to be super plot relevant and their meeting will cause disaster? 😂

Mrgh. Geh! Agh! Gaaaah! Ngh! Haaaah! Grr... Mrrrr...

That's all I've got to say about today's release.

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@myskaros My JNC library page says that v9 was updated, but what I just downloaded still says version 1.0. Did it not get renumbered to 1.0.1, 1.1, or something else? Did I manage to not actually download the updated book? I don’t know what changes to look for.

Thank you! :)

@Kurzaa It swings up and down a lot. This last part 3 had plenty of ups. Reminded me why I stick around with the story.

That was charming.

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@lucaslp5 said in Demon Lord, Retry! Vol. 10 Discussion!:

Huh? The boss of a former game?

Our MC was a game designer.
I’m guessing the new character is the final boss of a game he worked on

This is from memory so there may be mistakes:

In the Earth flashbacks I think it's his first MMO game that he ran himself, had the social media wave steal the audience from individual sites like his, and where he finally shut it down. That caused a wedge between him and one of the (two?) XX people who had insisted he keep it running even with only a few players left.

(Also, one of the memories was one of the XXs helping him add magic into that original MMO, while the Empire has no magic.)

Then he descended into debauchery for awhile, worked as a contractor on other people's games, and finally was given the chance to create a new MMO (the Empire) at 42-OMG / Mikitty / president blond girl who is somehow connected to the greater cross-worlds meta struggle.

But now that's all thrown into question by him realizing his memories are incomplete and unreliable: how could he be at home shutting down the Empire game if it was run by 42-OMG with him working there as an employee?

(Side note: it's also a clever way for the author to deal with any inconsistencies in the Earth memories in volumes 1-9, if Akira's memories were never reliable.)

Reading the entire volume at once really wasn't part of my plans.. but I didn't hate it!

Lacey realizing her feelings so quickly feels like a sprint, after having just finished the latest volume of Dahlia in Bloom 😏

@Makine well, it's certainty not one of those misleading LN titles. Lol..

@endoftheline said in Guild Handyman? More like Mastermind! Using My Hidden Skills in the Shadows Vol. 1 Discussion!:

Dunno which of the two came first, but where The Eminence in Shadow opts for a comedic take, this tries to take itself seriously. In general I find it much easier to overlook flaws when I'm doubled over laughing...

Yes, Fruit of Evolution is one of my favorite OP MC series because it takes itself silly not seriously. (Hopefully Hanashi's new license negotiations succeed and we'll finally get volumes 11-15)

@Lex said in Three Cheats from Three Goddesses Vol. 2 Discussion!:

Honestly, I'm ok with the protagonist having the mind of an adult and having impure thoughts of the sexy goddesses that is kid body still isn't prepared to handle. But when he reacts to being close to an 8 year old girl...that's too much. I hope we'll get another timeskip as soon as possible but with the current pace of the story it doesn't seem likely.

It may be a while until the next volume comes out. There are only two volumes written in Japan too, so we are caught up. Vol. 2 was published in December 2024 in Japan.

@jiofreecs said in Blade Skill Online Vol. 1 Discussion!:

People know about the player named Yuri, given that his name kept popping up as defeating dungeons, so how is he not the favourite in any contest he enters? Did whoever didn't pick him want to lose money?
With 30,000 contestants how did people decide who they'd bet on and how many people needed to pick Z whatever for him to be the favorite?

That's actually addressed too. He wasn't the front runner because it was common knowledge that there were entire teams dedicated to knocking him out early. And w/o knowing how the build works numbers should have been enough. Especially when you learn even the top players have to play smart and to their advantage against numbers.

@thatsleepyguy I don't think so, but maybe since it's on catchup